In light of the results of the midterms election, and now that the dust is settling, the question comes as to what issues are or should be priority for the elected GOP/conservatives. Social/Economi issues 1. The first major issue is health care. The GOP, conservatives and a majority of the nation (based on polls) wants to repeal the Obama-Care and restart from scratch. The Democrats | Read More »

Today I join millions across our great nation in breathing a sigh of relief. We nearly are out of the era of bailouts, takeovers, entitlement expansion and big government. The American people have big expectations for a return to the nation our founders envision for us. The voters have entrusted Republicans to lead into a time of prosperity. In return, our promise is to work | Read More »

Today, the Labor Department released data showing 95,000 more jobs were lost, resulting in total unemployment for the month of September at 9.6 percent. This means for the 14th month in a row, unemployment is at or above 9.5 percent, a marker not seen since the 1930’s. Additionally, yesterday’s polling by Gallup revealed that unemployment may be worse than what the Labor Department data shows. | Read More »

In data released today, the Consumer Confidence Index has dropped to 48.5, its lowest point since February. The National Bureau of Economic Research determined last week that the recession was over in June 2009, but Americans may not be so sure.

How can a man who consistently proposes massive government spending as a cure all for our economic woes complain about extending tax cuts that according to “independent estimates” would add $3.7 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years. Those “independent estimates” claim the total to be $700 billion more than Obama’s proposals. ROTFLMAO. So let me get this straight Paulie: Obama’s tax proposals | Read More »

In case you hadn’t heard, Democrats are facing an uphill battle this November. But as Election Day looms they are scrounging for ways to make Republicans look bad and Democrats look good. It makes for great politics. It may even help their November chances. But great politics often leads to bad policy, and what’s good for Democratic candidates is often bad news for average Americans. | Read More »

He is at it again. Paul Krugman took a few moment away from polishing his Nobel medal to write his column for the New York Times. Unwilling to look into the reasons for the crisis, disinclined from providing solutions on how to get our way out of it, Krugman instead relies on vitriol for readership. In an attempt to overshadow his own flaming contempt for all | Read More »

h/t The Corner, National Review Online The debate about extending the “Bush Era” tax cuts is taking some serious turns of late. According to Daniel Foster, writing in The Corner, Speaker Pelosi is leaving some wiggle room for extending the cuts without limitations for those above $250K/year. Amazing what happens when 31 Democrats, sensing doom, tell their boss that they’re not following her lead. Good | Read More »

Elizabeth MacDonald of the Fox Business Network fact checks President Barack Obama on tax policy, disputing his claims that his tax cut will benefit the whole of the middle class whereas Republicans would favor tax relief for “millionaires and billionaires.” Some excerpts: Taxpayers making $250,000 or more are considered middle class in many urban areas with a high cost of living, and are not as | Read More »

“Genuine bipartisanship assumes an honest process of give-and-take, and that the quality of the compromise is measured by how well it serves some agreed-upon goal, whether better schools or lower deficits. This in turn assumes that the majority … negotiate in good faith.” Sounds fair enough, right? This is actually an excerpt from President Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope”. While campaigning for office, Obama | Read More »

Our national strength does not come from bailouts and government spending. It comes from a free enterprise system and the hard-working honest citizens who make it run. — Pat Toomey In this week’s Weekly Republican address, Republican Senate candidate and former Representative Pat Toomey talks about the wasteful and extravagant spending of the Democrats’ extreme agenda. Toomey succinctly lays out the problem Obama and the | Read More »

Our national strength does not come from bailouts and government spending. It comes from a free enterprise system and the hard-working honest citizens who make it run. — Pat Toomey In this week’s Weekly Republican address, Republican Senate candidate and former Representative Pat Toomey talks about the wasteful and extravagant spending of the Democrats’ extreme agenda. Toomey succinctly lays out the problem Obama and the | Read More »

A lot of the media and all of the Democrats seem to forget one simple fact about the Bush tax cuts: they were passed in response to a recession occurring as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney entered office.Moe Lane wrote an excellent post about the impact of the Democrats not extending the Bush tax cuts, but what about what they actually did.We should not | Read More »